Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage make her something like a public building

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Marriage Quotes, Women Quotes

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know...

History is merely gossip

History is merely gossip

Nature is always behind the age

Nature is always behind the age

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism,...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is...

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that,...

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

When soul has no value, business has no soul.

When soul has no value, business has no soul.